New OT Rules

[nesta]

What do you think the new OT rules will/should be?

IMO, they should keep the coin toss and keep it sudden death. Reduce OT length to a short round number, say 2 or 5 minutes, to increase the aggressiveness of the offensive team. If a team doesn't score by that time period, the team that did not win the coin toss gets possession in the next OT period, and so on.

[High 5]

15 minute period, both teams get at least one possession, coin toss determines who receives first. Standard kickoff and the first team gets their chance to score. They can score or punt and then the second team can tie them or one up them for a walk off win. If the score is still tied after those two possessions then it goes to sudden death. Ties still happen in regular season. The second OT period in the playoffs is sudden death from the start.

A coin toss and sudden death from the start of the first OT is just a terrible way to decide a winner. It seems like there's a decent chance they are going to change the OT rules for the playoffs (I like my way better), but they need to change it for the regular season, too.

[Munchlaxatives]

I like it the way it is. If anything, a field goal gives the other team a chance with the ball.

[High 5]

I don't get how anyone can like the way it is now.

[Munchlaxatives]

I don't get how anyone can like the way it is now.

The team that wins the coin toss has a little better than a 50% chance to win. The defense is on the field in overtime as well.

[Bleeding Blue]

I would like them to do it like the NBA does, play an extra amount of time. Not a full quarter maybe like 7 minutes or something. Whoever is winning at the end of the period is the winner. If one team keeps the ball the entire 7 minutes and the other team somehow doesnt get it, too bad.

[Munchlaxatives]

I would like them to do it like the NBA does, play an extra amount of time. Not a full quarter maybe like 7 minutes or something. Whoever is winning at the end of the period is the winner. If one team keeps the ball the entire 7 minutes and the other team somehow doesnt get it, too bad.

Let's look at what soccer did. There used to be a sudden death overtime, consisting of two overtimes. If a team scored during the OT periods, they won. This was dubbed the "golden goal." Afterwards, they implemented two overtime periods, if a team scored in the first overtime period and maintained the lead, they won without having to play the second OT period. This was dubbed the "silver goal." The current situation is two 5 minute intervals, which act as halves, so both teams get a chance to start with the ball. The thing is, they have penalty kicks to decide a winner in case of a tie. The NFL has no equivalent.

[Maritimer]

"The thing is, they have penalty kicks to decide a winner in case of a tie. The NFL has no equivalent."

Field goal kicking competition? The team has to choose 5 players to kick from the 30 yard line -- one kicker, one QB, one RB/WR/TE, one DB/OLB, and one lineman (D or O). Tell me who wouldn't be intrigued by a 300 pounder trying to boot one in with the game on the line!

[Bleeding Blue]

"The thing is, they have penalty kicks to decide a winner in case of a tie. The NFL has no equivalent."

Field goal kicking competition? The team has to choose 5 players to kick from the 30 yard line -- one kicker, one QB, one RB/WR/TE, one DB/OLB, and one lineman (D or O). Tell me who wouldn't be intrigued by a 300 pounder trying to boot one in with the game on the line!

That would be awesome!

[Munchlaxatives]

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